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`APPLICATICIN FILED NOV.:I5, I9.I5.

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To all whom'z'tmay concern: y 'Be it known that4 I, JAMES G. JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Evanston, in the county ofOookand State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and.`

`usei'ul Improvements in Stock-Mounts', of vwhich the following isa specification My invention relates to stockinounts, parL ticular-ly adaptable for supporting stock an lticles which vary in size and-otheralimensions. Y 4

Consider, for example, collar supports `which are used a great 'deal at the `present Atime and which consist of a skeleton frame of wire or the like to whichA thecollar maten rial issewed or otherwise secured. These,` supports are usually mounted in dat' cond1.

tion on cards. Thesupports are of course ofl different sizes as to length, height, etc.,

andthe practice heretofore has beento'pro-` vide a special-mounting card for each size. The same is true inconnection with4 other articles of wearing apparel, fittings, trim-l mings, or thelike, and the practice is quite expensive as well asinconvenient. i

The object'of my invention'is thereforeV to provide for mounting articles of .var-ying' sizes' and dimensions on mounts of uniiorm.

construction; to provide eiicient .means for securing the articles to the mount; .and to providescales or legends at desired locations curate information in connection with' thesupported article. This. is particularly desirable where the articles supported are dexiu llole or of easily bentwor displaced material, such as collar supports.

In order to illustrate the purposeand fea;

tures of 'my invention'l will describe it in connection with a collar support, and on the accompanying drawing the figure shows' a..

card 'with a collar supportl of Well known shape and construction mounted thereon.

The card M shown is rectangular and mayl be of paper, paper-board,or other suitalole The collaims port S shown `is bent up of wire in the or inarv manner and comprises the top the hase ,thetransik verse staysl or ribs r, and the iingers f form .carentes apr. s, ietf?. Application filed November i5, 1915. Serial No. 61,530. i

ing centinnations oi'thestays-above thetopl ff;

t.- Collar-stays like that shown are-manu@ '-factured in 'different dimensions. The hase "b,

of dideifent length, the height ofthe col-larV measured by the 'length of the stays varies,

and the length of the finger-sf alsoffvaries.`v

In' accordance with my invention I print orotherwise apply to the card the scalesor dimension indicating legends A, B land 5C,

yfor indicating respectively` the base size, col'- soV lar height and finger height'. Thelcollar. y:

vsupport is preferablysecuredto themonthA along itstop tand rigidly anchored at lthe .center of the top. As supports of dierent dimensions are then applied tothe card,- one l end thereof will cooperate with the indication-'legends A, the base. b will coperatewith 4the indications B placed adjacent the center' l of thishaseline,V and the endy ofthe-middle' finger will cooperate with the indications,L C so that the various'points of'fthe):col-larsupL u ,port will 'oveirie certain scale markings of the .indications to enable the. dimensions to he readily and accurately' read. Thus the mounts can i he all alike andv I .the -diierent sizes ofarticles can vhemounted'thereon'and y .their dimensions accnmpgyud quickly gp Atermined..

l. have shown 'one arrangement for: rigidly securing the article to the mount. For rig-l idlyanchoring the'collar suppert at the'ce'ne` l ter oi" its topi?, arcuate tongues d. ande eX.`

tending in opposite directions are punched or formed hy piercing or stamping. the mount, and for supporting the ,top kand other by cutting or 'punching the. mount. When a collar supper-tis to heapplied tothe mount the tongues e and d are manipulated andrthe "central rib or stay 1- hronght into place' he low the hase of the lower tongue-p@ m@ hay middle linger f is hroughtinto position'helow the base of the upper tongue d. They ends of the tongues are'then slipped under the top t adjacent the middlerih and finger ribs. and` ngers.- Preferably alternate points'tongneor clipsectionsgaref-formed Y e and the center'of the top'v t is then rigidly y icsl ' slipped underneath the tongues or clips g' `which as shown are providedv between the tongues or clips extend in, opposite directions So that when the top t isnserted the collar support V will be prevented from rotational displacement and the ends also prevented from longitudinal and vertical displacement.

With-the above arrangement 'for securing the collar support to' the mount the upper end of the middle finger f will overlie the scale C representing inches and fractions thereof for indicating the height 'ofthe fin gers from the top t. The center of the base b will overiie the scale B representing inches and fractions thereof for indicating the height of the `collar support, that is, 1the distance-between the topA t and base b at the center rib r.' .The right end of the collar lsupport, will overlie the scale A representing inches' and fractions thereof, for indicating the size or length.- As indicated on the mount the supported collar support has a size or length of twelve inches, la height of tWo and one-fourth inches, and a finger length oftwo and three-fourths inches. If a smaller collar were y'secured to' the. mount its several dimensions would be accurately. indicated on the scales. Thus anybody can immediately and accurately determine; the dimensions of any mounted article by read- 'ingthe various scales.

he 'collar support shown applied to the mount is formed of wire which will readily bend and whose lower corners or ends of the base might readily become displaced through handling of the mounts, and for this reason I have shown the scale A applied adjacent the upper outer corner u, this corner being close to the end clip g and more securely anchored to the mount against displacement than the vlower outer corner of the collar support.- When. the collar support is applied to the mount the outer upper corner u being thusrigidly held in place will coperate accurately with the scale lines to assure accurate and correct reading. Should the vcentral part of the base or middle finger become displaced from the scales B and C, the `middle rib and I'the middle linger can se -easily'pressed against the card in registration with the respective scales so that -accurate reading can be taken. The same is true at the end'of the collar support 1n conv nection with the scale A.

Although my improved mount is particularlyadaptable for receiving suoli articles as collar supports .it is equally adaptable -mount articles of different size, and'provided also with a scale so positioned thereon with reference to the securing ymeans that when articles of different size areapplied to the securing means each will coperate with the scale to give indication of the size of the article.

2. A mount for supporting stock articles which come in different sizes, said mount being in the form of a card or plate having tongues formed integral therewith and arranged-to individually' receive such articles of ifferent size and being provided with scale indicationsl so positioned with reference to the receiving tongues that when an article is secured in placeby such tongues itv will cooperate with the'scale indications to designate -the article size..

3. A mount for collar supports in the form of a card or plate having tongues positioned to receive individually collar supports of different sizes and to secure them rigidly in place andhaving dimension indications positioned at various parts thereofto vcooperate with the respective points of the mounted support to give indication of the support dimensions at such points.

4. A mount for skeleton frame collar supportswhich come in different sizes, said .mount being in the form of a card or plate `provided with tongues adapted to receive a support. at the central point thereof and to interlock 'therewith to secure it in place, said mount having also size indications thereon so positioned with relation to the securing means that corresponding points of the mounted collar support Will indicate there-4 on the size of the support at such points.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of Nov., A.' D., 1915.

JAMES G. JOHNSTON. 

